Giulio Cesare | Official Trailer | #GlyndebourneOpenHouse

From Sunday 9 August at you can watch Handel’s Giulio Cesare for free on YouTube. The opera will be available until on Sunday 16 August. Bollywood meets baroque in David McVicar’s legendary staging. #Glyndebourne #GlyndebourneOpenHouse #NoOrdinaryOpera -- If you have enjoyed Glyndebourne Open House, please consider donating to our COVID-19 Emergency Appeal – helping us to help our artists and workforce who’ve lost their livelihood, and secure Glyndebourne’s future. As a financially independent charity, your support has never been so vital: -- Join the conversation on social media: Glyndebourne Facebook: Glyndebourne Twitter: Glyndebourne Instagram: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: -- Giulio Cesare When Egypt’s seductive queen meets Rome’s powerful ruler, the stakes are high, both for politics and passion. Horrified by the brutal murder of his rival by Cleopatra’s brother Tolomeo, Cesare joins forces with Cleopatra to depose her unscrupulous sibling. But is their alliance one of love, lust or just mutual ambition? A true Glyndebourne classic, David McVicar’s production brings all-singing, all-dancing energy to one of Handel’s greatest scores. Sumptuous designs that nod to Britain’s colonial history transform a tale of political intrigue into a dazzling spectacle, sweeping the audience up in its tangled web of power, revenge and romance. The resourceful, complicated Cleopatra and smooth statesman Cesare are two of Handel’s most fascinating creations – characters whose music, by turns heart-breaking and ecstatic, includes so many of the composer’s finest arias. William Christie conducts a cast led by Sarah Connolly’s Cesare and Danielle de Niese as Cleopatra. Giulio Cesare was captured live at Festival 2005.